scammers

[zollaf]

2 calls i have had in the last couple of weeks from dodgy sounding individuals claiming to be from microsoft. they want remote access to my computer to sort out a virus. when i get all stroppy they put the phone down. luckily i know their little game, but i bet there are plenty of less suspicious people out there that would fall for it.

[Guest 2]

I get these too - have a little game with them after they say your computer is infected .... Tell them you have Mac's only and you don't have any Microsoft products and see what they say then ;)

It's must be shocking the amount of people who fall for these scams.


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[Sam]

I ask them to give me my IP address. When they can't or when they tell me I should know my own IP address I ask them to get a pen and some paper and I then ask them to write down G...O...F...U...C etc.

The furthest I've got so far is the S of "yourself". No stamina these scammers.

[Guest 2]

Good idea!


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[Eshrules]

I had a period ((no, not the female kind, a length(no, not a length as in penis, a length as in a period) of time) of claims companies ringing me up offering to seek compensation for my recent accident.

It was amusing to hear their response when I told them I'd lost both arms and couldn't hang up. Only one person asked how I'd managed to answer the phone.

"with my d!ck" wasn't what he wanted to hear, I sense.

[Hex69]

An oldie but goodie!!

"Secretary walks into her bosses office and says, "Can I use your dictaphone?", boss says, "No, use your fingers like everyone else!!""

[zollaf]

please could a mod (no, not you on a vespa, a person who is in charge ) move this to the adult section so esh can un edit his post :)

[martin1810]

I had a period ((no, not the female kind, a length(no, not a length as in penis, a length as in a period) of time) of claims companies ringing me up offering to seek compensation for my recent accident.

It was amusing to hear their response when I told them I'd lost both arms and couldn't hang up. Only one person asked how I'd managed to answer the phone.

"with my d!ck" wasn't what he wanted to hear, I sense.

Is it handy having a prehensile d!ck? Can you change gear with it?

[zollaf]

the first call the other week, i asked him if he had an email address. 'why', he replied. i said so i can send him all my bank details to make it easier for him to milk me. he didn't like this, nor what i called him after that and hung up.
the call today was taken by mrs z, who promptly went into a rant, using words i have never heard before.
can't wait for the next one. these international calls must cost them a fortune.
oh and thanks for moving it esh :)

[JimC64]

Lol.............all of the above from me and more...............these guys really get my goat!!

Ona similar note, I used Gocompare recently for insurance as Jamie has got himself a new car, gone is the 1.2 Renault Clio and in is the Vectra 1.8 Sri 57 plate, so a bit of a move for the young chap.
Anyhow got a few quotes done in the night and thought we can look at it tomorrow.....

Well, tomorrow came and the texts started, all from the same company. When I had received 6 or 7 I thought this was way out of order, and by around the 20th text I was calling them to tell them to stop, I had also texted back typing in "STOP"
The texts kept on coming and I called again and went bananas and told them they'd better stop or I'd be informing the insurance ombudsman etc etc. They kept on coming and I had received around 50 or more at this point..............UNBELIEVEABLE!!

Well, I have a few of those "Gas Air horns"..............the extremely LOUD variety
I spent a very pleasant and relaxing hour repeatedly calling their telephone line for new business and as soon as anyone answered I gave them a massive >>BLAST<< down the line. I had 2 phones going and probably dialled around 40 times or so and did this.
Bear in mind this was their "new business" line and towards the end of it, they were actually hanging up and the last 5 mins or so they weren't even answering their phone....ROFLMFAO...............Wayyyyy too funny, honestly!

In the end I had received 89 texts believe it or not.............Crazzzzzy!

[Sam]

I thought everyone who used comparison sites used the two default phone numbers of 01234 567890* for a landline and 07777 777777 for a mobile.

*Somewhere in Bedford someone is getting a few thousand calls a day :D

[PFJones]

I tend to act rather dumb with scammer that pretend to be from Microplop , tell them you are following all there instructions but it doesnt seem to be working, see how long you can keep them trying for.

A long time ago before I started working as a web manager I was interested in ethical hacking ( Getting paid big cash to hack insecure systems and then getting paid to fix it , All with system owners permission) As part of the course material you got lots of nice viruses , trojans and all kinds of bad ****. I got one of the emails saying I work for the bank of Africa and one of our clients died leaving $4,000,000,000,000,000 and I want to send it to you.

:))) I Had a very nasty little piece of code that I wanted to try it was disguised as a standard text file :) ( cant remember its name and its long since deleted SORRY) I sent the scammer back an email saying WOW how great his timing was, As I had lost my job 3 weeks before and was eating out of bins , I told him the attached notepad doc contained my bank details and that I had not included in email as you cant be to careful.

This piece of code once opened disabled users mouse and keyword, it then deleted the Bios before starting to over write the C Drive. One week later I got an email saying " You are a very evil man, I was only trying to help and god will be your judge" Of course the english wasnt that clear.

I sent one reply back explaining the next thing I send would force his processor into a loop that would only stop once his processor had burned out ( Literally) Never did get a reply or another bank email.

If its a cold caller selling you something (legit company) most are NOT ALLOWED TO HANG UP , see how many times you can say Good bye and they have to say good bye back, think my record is 23 ish.

Duncan

[Guest 2]

This piece of code once opened disabled users mouse and keyword, it then deleted the Bios before starting to over write the C Drive. One week later I got an email saying " You are a very evil man, I was only trying to help and god will be your judge" Of course the english wasnt that clear.

I sent one reply back explaining the next thing I send would force his processor into a loop that would only stop once his processor had burned out ( Literally) Never did get a reply or another bank email.


Very good! I have a whole list of people I could do that to!

Pity its deleted ;)



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[JON76]

I always have some fun with the ones phoning up claiming they are doing market research. When they ask if they can ask me some questions, I say "yes, but first of all I want to ask you a few things - please tell me your full name, address, post code, date of birth, national insurance number, and bank card securty code." When they ask what the hell I want that for, I then reply "oh sorry, I thought it was acceptable to intrude into people's personal information - you seem to be making a living from it". At that point the line usually goes dead